@Kevin SalameaKind of a boring answer that I give all the time, but you can loosely sort Pennsylvania markets into the following categories:      - Philly/Pittsburgh       - Allentown/Lehigh Valley Area     - Harrisburg, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Lancaster, York/Hanover, and Reading     - Everything elseNot surprisingly, they match the metropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania (link). 

You will have a hard time NOT finding folks to fill the building if you start showing up to those sorts of things. 

Search for "worst states for landlords" and look at several lists.

It depends on the agent's capacity.I usually connect my investors with my contractor or inspector to walk through the property so that everything can be sorted out in one go, or I have my clients make an offer subject to a walkthrough, allowing us to get the ball rolling.

Most lenders  will find it challenging to provide  buyer referals to agents  unless they have some sort of lead gen system  working for them

Your friends might not want or need this, but if you go to an institutional lender, this is what they'll ask for...GUARANTOR APPLICATION: Each owner of the Borrowing Entity will need to complete some sort of application on themselves personally.

And that means more overhead.Most PM's are also going to nickel and dime in these sorts of markets.

Talking to sponsors although it seems like the thing to do is sort of a waste of time since everyone knows all the answers to your 21 questions.

Modeling it in three scenarios, best case, worst case, and most likely. 

Worst of all, insurance companies are often not required to pay in the event of gross negligence, leaving the homeowner to pay the damages.So what is "Egregious or malicious behavior"?